Thanksgiving Bulletin Board - Thankful Writing Activity - Fall Leaves - Turkeys
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This thankful/grateful bulletin board kit is perfect for Thanksgiving and the month of November. A thankful writing activity with Fall leaves or turkeys is included along with two stories about gratitude. Please click the preview to get a closer look at everything that's included.
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***My bulletin board is 48" X 36".***
This resource includes the following:
- Letters for "So very Thankful" or "So very grateful" (2 different sizes)
- Pennant (2 different sizes)
- Thankful writing activity (Students write what they wish they had. Then at the very end of the lesson, they write on a separate page how they can be grateful for what they already have)
- "King Mitas and the Golden Touch" story
- Text-dependent comprehension questions
- Leaves that say "I am thankful for" or "I am so grateful for"
- Turkeys with speech bubbles (students write what they're thankful for in the speech bubble)
BULLETIN BOARD
When the bulletin board is all done, it states, "So very thankful" or "So very grateful." To make the bulletin board more meaningful, I have included two stories and a writing activity.
STORIES
This bulletin board kit comes with two stories. The first story is King Midas and the Golden Touch. It is my own version of the story. The second story is The Fly and the Butterfly which is about a fly that wishes to be a dragonfly. But the dragonfly wishes it was a moth. The moth wishes it was a butterfly. And the butterfly wishes it was a fly. Both of these stories have a very clear theme: be grateful for what you already have. Both stories come with follow-up questions that you can use to discuss with the students.
WRITING ACTIVITY
After discussing both stories, students fill out a worksheet where they write down what they are grateful for. The printable says the following: "I used to wish for ________. But now I know that I don’t need those things to be happy!! I can be happy RIGHT NOW because I already have enough! I am so grateful/thankful for ___________." The printable also has the following quote at the bottom: "Gratitude turns what we have into enough." -Melody Beattie.
Then they pick a leaf (or turkey), write what they're grateful/thankful for on it, color it, and then cut it out. After all the students have finished with their leaves (or turkeys), you (or your students) attach them to the bulletin board. The end result? An eye-catching, colorful, and meaningful bulletin board.
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